TAUNTON — A Taunton woman who overdosed early Monday morning was caught less than 24 hours later with a bag of heroin in her pants pocket, police said.

Police said they arrested Melisa Marie Patnaude, 36, after she and a male friend walked into the third-floor apartment at 9 Taunton Green.

Patnaude allegedly had a small amount of heroin worth about $40 on the street, police said. She was charged with possession of a Class A controlled substance, a subsequent offense.

According to police, Patnaude was taken to Morton Hospital just after 3 a.m. to be treated for an overdose after being found "unresponsive" with a syringe sticking in her arm.

They said she was found inside a bathroom of a rental unit of School Street Apartments at 31 School St..

Patnaude's alleged heroin overdose was one of about three dozen heroin-related ODs recorded by Taunton police since the beginning of the year.

Also arrested with Patnaude at 10:15 p.m. was 46-year-old Shane Hayden, last known address 226 Winthrop St. Police said Hayden had an active warrant for driving under the influence, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and driving on a suspended license.

He was arraigned in Taunton District Court and held without bail pending a probation-violation hearing on March 5.

Detectives and members of the police department's Street Crimes Unit were working downtown Monday night in an effort to serve arrest warrants.

Police said Hayden is known to frequent the third-floor apartment. They also said homeless people and drug addicts have been taking advantage of the tenant, described by police as an older man with physical and learning disabilities.

Hayden was shot four times by a Norton cop in 2003, after the officer claimed Hayden attacked him after stealing a car from a female restaurant employee.

He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 336 days in the house of correction, all of which were deemed to have been served, according to Attleboro District Court records. The shooting was deemed justifed by the Bristol County district attorney's office, and the officer was not charged.

Hayden also was arrested in 2011 at Joe's Diner on Broadway and charged with disorderly conduct and defrauding a restaurant.

Patnaude's most recent arrest came last Friday when she was picked up for shoplifting, a subsequent charge, at Market Basket in Raynham, police said.

The apartment building at 9 Taunton Green, which at one time featured an upscale eatery called Runes Cafe, has been the scene of a number of drug-related and assault arrests in recent months.

The most serious of those cases involved Brooklyn, N.Y., native Max Charles Jr., currently being held without bail after his arrest in January for assault with intent to murder.

Charles allegedly stabbed and injured another man in the building over an outstanding drug debt worth $25.